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The crash of a Russian military plane close to the border with Ukraine was caught on film and widely shared on social media, but who was on board and what caused the crash is the subject of a bitter dispute.- What caused the crash?
The Russian side may have used Ukrainian POWs as a human shield to transport weapons for missile systems, said Andriy Yusov, Ukrainian HUR military intelligence service spokesperson, commenting on the crash of the Russian IL-76 military transport plane in an interview to Radio Svoboda on Jan. 25.